Receiving the Rainbows…Evcharist in the Dark? Not sure what to call this one, but who cares! We’re carrying over the fun from yesterday into a weekend double feature. What are Sundays for, if not for jazz brunches and day drinking anyway? Drink from the cup of heresy. This week’s offerings: Sons of Ra’s Tropic of Cancer and Illuminated Brew Works’ Hallucignosis.
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See, I told you you wouldn’t have to wait too long for another one of these, eh? Go ahead and drink from that there cup of heresy. This week’s offerings: Becoming the Lion’s Turning Point and Pipeworks Brewing Company’s Petrified Forest.
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List season is upon us. Depending on who you go to for your lists, list season has probably been upon us for a while now. We have already had ours start to trickle out, and rest assured there is more coming, especially from yours truly. I couldn’t resist one more chance at an upset, because while new releases might be few and far inbetween post-Thanksgiving, that doesn’t mean the albums that come out this late aren’t worth your attention. See: Grave Gnosis, the USBM project known for warping the fabrics of black metal with psychedelia, and their third full-length Pestilence Crowned.
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Some albums are just a long time coming. While it’s no Chinese Democracy, As You Left formed way back in 2013, and while they’ve released two EPs in the ten years since they formed, they are yet to release a debut album. Until now, that is. Silver Chains Golden Veins represents the German metalcore act’s proper unveiling to the world, as well as its ethos of blending classic metalcore with modern technique and black metal influences. It’s an ambitious thing, to take a formula much beloved (by me, at least) and turn it on its head, but it seems on paper like it should be a winning match.
Sometimes you pick the promo; sometimes the promo picks you. When you name your band Moose Cult, you have my curiosity. When your music is sold to me as a combination of traditional heavy metal and deathdoom, now you have my attention. And when you round it out with a track called “Moose Cult” by the band Moose Cult off the album Moose Cult, I am powerless to look away. Every once in a while you need to take some of the piss out of heavy metal, and with many of the releases I’ve been diving into being really soul-crushing, I’m excited to explore this.
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Nine Circles 